We expected a lot from the second season of The Quintessential Quintuplets—as these girls have become our new anime waifu—and equally prayed The Hidden Dungeon Only I Can Enter would fill in the ecchi maybe not seen in the former series. In our opinions, these shows did quite well hitting our expectations but equally, neither show was constantly filling our screens with lustful images. The oppai were bouncing in our hearts and screens but only just enough to keep us pleased.

One of the biggest surprises for us ecchi fans came in the form of an isekai. Jobless Reincarnation blew us away by delivering a truly stellar narrative but equally had a ton of ecchi scenes and moments. Rudeus Greyrat might be seen as a young boy—though viewers know he’s actually a reincarnated 34-year-old—and he was obsessed with pantsu like us anime viewers. Rudeus even coveted a pair of stolen pantsu—calling them his great treasure—showing his perverted mind. All jokes aside, Jobless Reincarnation wasn’t all about ecchi but it threw in a nice amount which made us smile just as big as Rudy does when he gets a peek at something sexy!

While there were only a few shows with the ecchi/harem genre attached to the title, the shows we did get were very well done overall in terms of our personal tastes here at Honey’s Anime and the anime community’s opinions. One show failed in multiple ways—we will mention that show in a second—but overall, the season had some great titles and that is better than seeing ten ecchi anime but only one being good from the bunch.

Many of you might have noticed that despite there being more than the ecchi series we mentioned above one we omitted on purpose…Ex-Arm. Yes, Ex-Arm has ecchi elements here and there but the show is such a dumpster fire that watching it even for the few moments of “fan service” doesn’t warrant suffering this travesty of an anime series. Sounds harsh but Ex-Arm has one of the lowest MAL rankings for a reason and this “ecchi” infused show sullies the name of the genre!